This is the kind of stuff that brought me to your channel in the first place. Covering things other tech channels don't, and being very thorough, clear, and to the point. Excellent as always, thanks Lon!
@LonSeidman make sure to load up on some airborne for a few days. One travel tip I learned years ago. Dirty hotel TV remotes clean well with a Lysol wipe. And use a good hand sanitizer after shaking hands at shows and touching products others have touched as much as possible.
Google home is in a weird place. The assistant keeps getting worse, but everyone knows they're not going to improve it much because they're all invested in Gemini, which is terrible as a default assistant. Every time I have changed the default assistant to Gemini. I have realized very quickly. It can't do ninety percent of the stuff I rely on assistant for. You can write a fake script or something but turn on a light? Start a timer?
I suppose it depends on where you live if you're in Pittsburgh or something. You can Get a house for ninety k potentially. But where I live near boston not a million years.
I loved all of your dispatches! It felt so complete I barely watched any other CES coverage as a result. I am curious if you felt like you covered every single interesting product that was exhibited.
Take care of yourself, Lon. Maybe a few days isolation from the family when you get back home, a high number of infections of flu and noro virus. Thank you for the CES coverage. 👍🏼 💪🏼
(Really hoping I didn't double-post this…) Thanks again for all the great coverage. Wishing you a peaceful trip home. That MIDI interface made smile. That's one of those things that I absolutely *don't* need, but wish I did. I love seeing hobbyist-accessible iterations of esoteric/professional tech with ports I remember from when I was quite young. (Or maybe I'm just nostalgic for an era when I knew exactly what a port was by looking at it, as opposed to now, when I have a box of identical USB-C cables that all implement different bits of various USB standards. Not the best mystery box ever. I need a stylish, portable USB-C cable tester. :P ) That VLC local AI caption feature might be the most exciting client-side or server-side AI feature I've seen. That's what we need more of: using AI to enhance accessibility and other user-facing quality of life features. The current efforts to monetize generative AI don't encourage development of those sorts of things, so this is great to see. We need to encourage these sorts of things. I'm glad my arachnophobia improved, otherwise I'd not be able to look at any reviews for modern WiFi routers. :P Still not something I'd want to encounter glowing in the dark when I'm half-asleep. I'm really glad to see 10 Gbps/multigig NICs on these, too. (I'm still very regretful that I can't just buy a brainless TV with modern display technology, but that's a whole other thing.) I'm thrilled to see the Minisforum N5. That is the most thoughtfully designed, well-spec'd NAS I've seen yet. They're really putting QNAP and Synology (and UGREEN) on notice. I'm in love with the slide-out motherboard. My UGREEN DXP8800 requires partial- to almost-full disassembly every time I want to do anything to it. I'd love it if you did a video on the modern selection of switches. I'm completely overwhelmed at this point. I've always bought Cherry MX Blues, but I'm curious if there's anything newer that might get me closer to an old Model M or Apple Extended Keyboard II. I think there's a lot of people who are confused by the modern selection of switches but aren't ready to solder and weld their own keyboard together. It's so weird, but in a good way, that Atari is suddenly *actually* back in our lives with real products that aren't just a Raspberry Pi running Retro Pi in a 3D printed 2600 case. What they're selling and licensing might not be for me, but the people running Atari clearly care about what they're putting out and aren't just going for the cash grab.
I can't see the radioshack thing going very well. There's quite a few stores in latin america but all they do is sell overpriced dropship/aliexpress quality cables and electronics. Even as a retailer for name brand products they overprice everything. They do come in handy occasionally when you need a not so common cable or something, but chances are they're out of stock or they don't offer it in the first place.
Thanks again for all the great coverage. Wishing you a peaceful trip home. That MIDI interface made smile. That's one of those things that I absolutely *don't* need, but wish I did. I love seeing hobbyist-accessible iterations of esoteric/professional tech with ports I remember from when I was quite young. (Or maybe I'm just nostalgic for an era when I knew exactly what a port was by looking at it, as opposed to now, when I have a box of identical USB-C cables that all implement different bits of various USB standards. Not the best mystery box ever. I need a stylish, portable USB-C cable tester. :P ) That VLC local AI caption feature might be the most exciting client-side or server-side AI feature I've seen. That's what we need more of: using AI to enhance accessibility and other user-facing quality of life features. The current efforts to monetize generative AI don't encourage development of those sorts of things, so this is great to see. We need to encourage these sorts of things. I'm glad my arachnophobia improved, otherwise I'd not be able to look at any reviews for modern WiFi routers. :P Still not something I'd want to encounter glowing in the dark when I'm half-asleep. I'm really glad to see 10 Gbps/multigig NICs on these, too. (I'm still very regretful that I can't just buy a brainless TV with modern display technology, but that's a whole other thing.) I'm thrilled to see the Minisforum N5. That is the most thoughtfully designed, well-spec'd NAS I've seen yet. They're really putting QNAP and Synology (and UGREEN) on notice. I'm in love with the slide-out motherboard. My UGREEN DXP8800 requires partial- to almost-full disassembly every time I want to do anything to it. I'd love it if you did a video on the modern selection of switches. I'm completely overwhelmed at this point. I've always bought Cherry MX Blues, but I'm curious if there's anything newer that might get me closer to an old Model M or Apple Extended Keyboard II. I think there's a lot of people who are confused by the modern selection of switches but aren't ready to solder and weld their own keyboard together. It's so weird, but in a good way, that Atari is suddenly *actually* back in our lives with real products that aren't just a Raspberry Pi running Retro Pi in a 3D printed 2600 case. What they're selling and licensing might not be for me, but the people running Atari clearly care about what they're putting out and aren't just going for the cash grab.
Lon as others have stated you did an excellent job. Was there anything new on the ATSC3.0 front? Will any information on that be included in your wrap up?
I appreciate your coverage of some of the more obscure items. That was always my favorite part of CES. Also, kudos on your microphone choice. Whatever that thing is, it does a fantastic job of isolating your voice, without any background noise.
Great video, but still nothing interesting. Why didnt any of these manufacturers use AI to help create new exciting devices we might like to buy? Maybe next year.
Lon, we want to congratulate you on a stellar, no-nonsense report on CES 2025. We watched all 4 videos. They are pure info, with no hype. Thank you!
This is the kind of stuff that brought me to your channel in the first place. Covering things other tech channels don't, and being very thorough, clear, and to the point. Excellent as always, thanks Lon!
without a sponser has been great. thanks for all the cool videos!
Love your eclectic dispatches. Fun random items no one else shows.
Was so nice meeting you Lon! Thanks for featuring my product!
-Chip
Nice coverage of CES doing this solo. You sure did cover a lot of stuff. Thanks for sharing. I'm sure you are beat from all the running around.
Yes definitely feeling it hit me now :). Red eye flight is next !
@LonSeidman make sure to load up on some airborne for a few days. One travel tip I learned years ago. Dirty hotel TV remotes clean well with a Lysol wipe. And use a good hand sanitizer after shaking hands at shows and touching products others have touched as much as possible.
God Bless You for including chapter markers LOL !!!
Thanks for giving us normals a glance at the new tech coming up!
The Jamcorder device is so cool! I just ordered one
It's basically just a midi capture device, they've been a thing for *decades*
Love jamcorder, got one when it was released on hacker news and had already changed the way I play piano 😊
Great job Lon. I’ve done CES a number of times and it is a blast but tiring. Thanks for the content!!
It's brutal! But it's fun that people are enjoying the dispatches this year.
Please stay another day and send more dispatches. Thanks in advance!
Im glad your numbers have been solid. You have many fans, my man.
Thank you for your efforts. Watched all your updates. Cheers.
Love the VLC AI subtitles with your own hardware and no cloud
Google home is in a weird place. The assistant keeps getting worse, but everyone knows they're not going to improve it much because they're all invested in Gemini, which is terrible as a default assistant. Every time I have changed the default assistant to Gemini. I have realized very quickly. It can't do ninety percent of the stuff I rely on assistant for. You can write a fake script or something but turn on a light? Start a timer?
I like the robot that learns to read fortune cookies.
24:56 maybe you can get a review unit for it lon 😂
But as usual, love these videos! Absolutely fantastic lon. Thank you so much for covering it
Looking at that router design, somebody at TP-Link is a fan of Dell's old XPS desktops.
I walked by JamCorder at CES today too! Such a neat idea!
Excellent coverage as always.
I love the VLC wizards
Thanks for the updates on the network gear from TP-Link.
Great work Lon. Thank you.
$89k and no closet space!
I suppose it depends on where you live if you're in Pittsburgh or something. You can Get a house for ninety k potentially. But where I live near boston not a million years.
Don't forget to check the box for closet space when you order one.
"No comment" made me lol. Thanks for your great CES coverage as always, Lon.
I'd love to see the MyArcade pinball table reviewed.
I loved all of your dispatches! It felt so complete I barely watched any other CES coverage as a result. I am curious if you felt like you covered every single interesting product that was exhibited.
I am sure there was far more that I missed. This show is so enormous that you’d need a dozen reporters to find all of it!
You're amazing, thank you!!!
Take care of yourself, Lon. Maybe a few days isolation from the family when you get back home, a high number of infections of flu and noro virus. Thank you for the CES coverage. 👍🏼 💪🏼
(Really hoping I didn't double-post this…)
Thanks again for all the great coverage. Wishing you a peaceful trip home.
That MIDI interface made smile. That's one of those things that I absolutely *don't* need, but wish I did. I love seeing hobbyist-accessible iterations of esoteric/professional tech with ports I remember from when I was quite young. (Or maybe I'm just nostalgic for an era when I knew exactly what a port was by looking at it, as opposed to now, when I have a box of identical USB-C cables that all implement different bits of various USB standards. Not the best mystery box ever. I need a stylish, portable USB-C cable tester. :P )
That VLC local AI caption feature might be the most exciting client-side or server-side AI feature I've seen. That's what we need more of: using AI to enhance accessibility and other user-facing quality of life features. The current efforts to monetize generative AI don't encourage development of those sorts of things, so this is great to see. We need to encourage these sorts of things.
I'm glad my arachnophobia improved, otherwise I'd not be able to look at any reviews for modern WiFi routers. :P Still not something I'd want to encounter glowing in the dark when I'm half-asleep. I'm really glad to see 10 Gbps/multigig NICs on these, too. (I'm still very regretful that I can't just buy a brainless TV with modern display technology, but that's a whole other thing.)
I'm thrilled to see the Minisforum N5. That is the most thoughtfully designed, well-spec'd NAS I've seen yet. They're really putting QNAP and Synology (and UGREEN) on notice. I'm in love with the slide-out motherboard. My UGREEN DXP8800 requires partial- to almost-full disassembly every time I want to do anything to it.
I'd love it if you did a video on the modern selection of switches. I'm completely overwhelmed at this point. I've always bought Cherry MX Blues, but I'm curious if there's anything newer that might get me closer to an old Model M or Apple Extended Keyboard II. I think there's a lot of people who are confused by the modern selection of switches but aren't ready to solder and weld their own keyboard together.
It's so weird, but in a good way, that Atari is suddenly *actually* back in our lives with real products that aren't just a Raspberry Pi running Retro Pi in a 3D printed 2600 case. What they're selling and licensing might not be for me, but the people running Atari clearly care about what they're putting out and aren't just going for the cash grab.
I've had that GPD G1 dock for a while. It's rad! I want to get that new GPD Win Mini but it doesn't have Occulink!
LOVE OUR COVERAGE LON :)looking forward to these innovative products
too bad you didn't say something 24:56 :(
Love GPD!
That HP Film Scan is calling my name. Would like to see you review it if able.
I should be able to get one in. I'll have to see what the final scanned image looks like but it looked pretty good on its screen.
I can't see the radioshack thing going very well. There's quite a few stores in latin america but all they do is sell overpriced dropship/aliexpress quality cables and electronics. Even as a retailer for name brand products they overprice everything. They do come in handy occasionally when you need a not so common cable or something, but chances are they're out of stock or they don't offer it in the first place.
You should checkout what the startups are doing its always a fun things to see all the cool / crazy ideas that are being worked on.
Did you check out the GL-inet Slate 7?
What’s up with TP-link being banned
Yeah big youtubers might cover LG or Samsung but they don't cover small company as you said so I'm glad you can give us a look at them
Thanks for the cool info, i also have my fingers crossed that the Atari Joystick can work with other consoles too
🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞
Thanks again for all the great coverage. Wishing you a peaceful trip home.
That MIDI interface made smile. That's one of those things that I absolutely *don't* need, but wish I did. I love seeing hobbyist-accessible iterations of esoteric/professional tech with ports I remember from when I was quite young. (Or maybe I'm just nostalgic for an era when I knew exactly what a port was by looking at it, as opposed to now, when I have a box of identical USB-C cables that all implement different bits of various USB standards. Not the best mystery box ever. I need a stylish, portable USB-C cable tester. :P )
That VLC local AI caption feature might be the most exciting client-side or server-side AI feature I've seen. That's what we need more of: using AI to enhance accessibility and other user-facing quality of life features. The current efforts to monetize generative AI don't encourage development of those sorts of things, so this is great to see. We need to encourage these sorts of things.
I'm glad my arachnophobia improved, otherwise I'd not be able to look at any reviews for modern WiFi routers. :P Still not something I'd want to encounter glowing in the dark when I'm half-asleep. I'm really glad to see 10 Gbps/multigig NICs on these, too. (I'm still very regretful that I can't just buy a brainless TV with modern display technology, but that's a whole other thing.)
I'm thrilled to see the Minisforum N5. That is the most thoughtfully designed, well-spec'd NAS I've seen yet. They're really putting QNAP and Synology (and UGREEN) on notice. I'm in love with the slide-out motherboard. My UGREEN DXP8800 requires partial- to almost-full disassembly every time I want to do anything to it.
I'd love it if you did a video on the modern selection of switches. I'm completely overwhelmed at this point. I've always bought Cherry MX Blues, but I'm curious if there's anything newer that might get me closer to an old Model M or Apple Extended Keyboard II. I think there's a lot of people who are confused by the modern selection of switches but aren't ready to solder and weld their own keyboard together.
It's so weird, but in a good way, that Atari is suddenly *actually* back in our lives with real products that aren't just a Raspberry Pi running Retro Pi in a 3D printed 2600 case. What they're selling and licensing might not be for me, but the people running Atari clearly care about what they're putting out and aren't just going for the cash grab.
Keyboards still come with MIDI. Especially high end real ones. 🎹
Yes! This supports both the traditional midi interface and midi over usb
My favorite product at the show is Aptera solar EV.
Anything interesting in the a ATSC 3.0 space?
Nope.. not as long as DRM remains an issue.
Tp-link is going to be removed from usa sale. What do you recommend instead?
I'm fond of the Unifi gear right now. They had some road bumps for awhile but it's getting better now.
Your travel gear is looking and sounding 👍 What % have you seen is just more e-waste?
There is a big need for neighborhood Radioshacks.
$89k for that tiny home?! i'm sold
Thanks!
Thank you for your support!
wow, that lvcc is huge…next year i go to ces i’m bringing a scooter
It's ridiculously large
Lon as others have stated you did an excellent job. Was there anything new on the ATSC3.0 front? Will any information on that be included in your wrap up?
Nothing groundbreaking.. more of the locked down stuff unfortunately. I'll try to get that USB dongle in soon.
I appreciate your coverage of some of the more obscure items. That was always my favorite part of CES. Also, kudos on your microphone choice. Whatever that thing is, it does a fantastic job of isolating your voice, without any background noise.
I've been using the Sennheiser AVX system for 9 years. It's rock solid and never lets me down: ruclips.net/p/PLCZHp4d1HnIvHVCynKWd9YgCMQ2IQWOI_
UST Projectors seem to be woefully under represented
wow and peace be upon you sir from me
No comment 😂. Great video. 👍
I've been waiting Atari to release handheld for a while. Jon from GenXGrownUp has a demo of the unit on his channel.
What was the price of the banana?
No ATSC 3 products?
None that were worth talking about
@LonSeidman what were they?
I am interested in the minis forum nas
Commenting for the RUclips algorithm to show more stuff like this and less politics, cops abusing their power, and health foods.
lol, wont magsafe wallets... degmag the mag strip on your cards?
Powercast is taking an idea created by Mr. Tesla.
11:16 alien router jumpscare
24:56 lol
24:56
😂
word is the tp-link company is having some issues with the government as far as data and trust. Same thing Huawei was going through previously.
4:30 PSP XL lmao so shamelessly ripped of the SONY PSP design right down to that middle silver portion with place to hook on a strap bottom right.
lol at the "No Comment"
would have loved to see the sperm test product
Whats with the French?
Great video, but still nothing interesting. Why didnt any of these manufacturers use AI to help create new exciting devices we might like to buy? Maybe next year.
all this techknowledgy no atsc 3.0 tuners for 2025 ????
Nope!
Do not promote TP Link, they should be banned by the USA.
I hope Trump will not go crazy with his tariffs or else many of those products will not see the light of day 😅.
Absolutely nothing useful for Mac users. Disliked. And an $89,000 techno house is no bargain.